According to Reuters, Instacart is currently getting the regulatory equivalent of a throat-clearing from the FTC, which has sent the grocery delivery platform a civil investigative demand regarding its AI-powered pricing tool, Eversight. Put another way, the agency wants to know why some people are paying substantially more for their organic granola than others. The … Read more
Raymond van Barneveld has admitted he will ask himself “what’s next?” after he lost his first match at the World Darts Championship for a second year running. Van Barneveld was thrashed 3-0 by Switzerland’s Stefan Bellmont on Wednesday, winning just two legs, and is set to drop significantly down from his current ranking of 35th … Read more
Billionaire entrepreneur Jared Isaacman has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate as the next administrator of NASA. The private astronaut and founder of the Shift4 payments processing platform will now be in charge of an agency that faces great uncertainty under President Trump. Isaacman’s confirmation comes a little over a year after Trump nominated him. … Read more
Manchester City have progressed to the semi-finals of the Carabao Cup for the first time since winning the competition back in 2021 after beating Brentford 2-0, which included a stunning opener from Rayan Cherki. But the game was not without incident as, before Cherki’s excellent opener, Brentford felt as if Abdukodir Khusanov should have seen … Read more
Another day, another nine-figure round for a nuclear startup. Radiant Nuclear said today that it has raised more than $300 million, just one day after Last Energy said it had raised $100 million. Three weeks ago, X-energy raised $700 million, and in August, Aalo Atomics raised $100 million. Heck, Radiant itself raised $165 million just … Read more
For Nathan Broadhead, returning to Wrexham was more of a spiritual return, rather than a literal one. “I moved from here to Everton when I was 10 for about ten grand so it was too long ago to feel like a full homecoming,” Broadhead tells Sky Sports. “I didn’t expect to come back, especially with … Read more
Google is expanding its push into consumer finance in India with the launch of a UPI-linked credit card, betting on a country of more than 1.4 billion people where fewer than 50 million currently hold a credit card. On Wednesday, Google entered India’s growing co-branded credit card market with the launch of Flex by Google … Read more
Forget cricketing god Sachin Tendulkar, India have a new slinger in town with darting superstar Nitin Kumar making a name for himself at the World Darts Championship. Kumar made history on the Alexandra Palace stage when he became the first Indian winner at the event when he beat Dutchman Richard Veenstra 3-2 to set up … Read more
Monzo chief executive TS Anil was asked to step down by the fintech’s board amid concerns over international expansion and his post-IPO commitment, according to reporting from the Financial Times. The FT reports that tensions built between Anil and the board before October’s somewhat unexpected announcement that former Google executive Diana Layfield would take over … Read more
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